Princess Pingyang
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| Spouse | Chai Shao (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | ||||
| Issue | Chai Zhewei, Duke of Qiao (柴哲威) Chai Lingwu, Duke of Xiangyang Commandery (柴令武) | ||||
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| Father | Emperor Gaozu of Tang | ||||
| Mother | Empress Taimu | ||||
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Princess Pingyang (Template:Zh, formally Princess Zhao of Pingyang (Template:Zh, died March 623) was a Chinese princess and general.
She was the only daughter of Li Yuan (later crowned as Emperor Gaozu), the founding emperor of the Tang dynasty, and his wife Empress Taimu. She helped him to seize power and eventually take over the throne from Sui dynasty by organizing an "Army of the Lady" (Script error: No such module "Lang".), commanded by herself, in her campaign to capture the Sui capital Chang'an. She was the first woman general of the Tang dynasty.
Background
The future Princess Pingyang was the third daughter of Li Yuan, then Duke of Tang, a hereditary nobleman of Sui China and cousin of Emperor Yang. She was his third daughter, but the only daughter of his wife Duchess Dou, who also bore four sons—Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin (later Emperor Taizong), Li Xuanba, and Li Yuanji. Eventually, Li Yuan gave her in marriage to Chai Shao, the son of Chai Shen (柴慎) the Duke of Julu.
She is not to be confused with another Princess Pingyang from the Western Han dynasty.
Participation in Tang's founding
In 617, Li Yuan, then the general in charge at Taiyuan was planning to rebel against Emperor Yang of Sui, by whom he had been imprisoned before. He sent messengers to his daughter and son-in-law Chai Shao, then at the Sui capital Chang'an, summoning them back to Taiyuan. Chai worried that they would not be able to escape together easily, and when he consulted her, she told him to go and that she, as a woman, would be able to hide more easily. He therefore secretly headed for Taiyuan and, after first meeting Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, whom Li Yuan had similarly recalled from Hedong (Script error: No such module "Lang"., now part of Yuncheng, Shanxi), reported to Taiyuan.
Pingyang hid initially, but then distributed her wealth to several hundred men, receiving their loyalty, so she rose in support of Li Yuan. She sent her servant Ma Sanbao (Script error: No such module "Lang".) to persuade the agricultural rebel leader He Panren (Script error: No such module "Lang".) to join her, and then also persuaded other rebel leaders Li Zhongwen (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Xiang Shanzhi (Script error: No such module "Lang".), and Qiu Shili (Script error: No such module "Lang".) to join her as well. She attacked and captured some of the nearby cities and garrisons, and she gathered a total of 70,000 men. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Late in 617, Li Yuan crossed the Yellow River into the Chang'an region and sent Chai Shao to rendezvous with her. They then joined Li Shimin, commanding one wing of Li Yuan's army. Chai and she set up separate headquarters as commanding generals, and her army became known as the "Army of the Lady." In June 618, Li Yuan had Emperor Yang's grandson Yang You yield the throne to him, establishing the Tang dynasty as Emperor Gaozu. He created her the Princess Pingyang, and as she contributed greatly to his victory, he particularly honored her over his 18 other daughters.
Death
Princess Pingyang, however, was not recorded as having been involved in another battle after her father's capture of Chang'an; she later died in March 623.[2] While historians do not know the true cause of her death, one popular theory is that she died from childbirth, during the birth of her second son. An alternative theory is that she died from battle wounds which later caused health implications.[3] There is speculation of various other causes including assassination from her brothers and sacrifice during battle. However, these seem improbable, especially considering there were no records of her fighting after Chang’an. At her funeral on 18 March 623,[4] Emperor Gaozu ordered that a grand military funeral, fit for a high general, be given for her. When officials of the Ministry of Rites objected to the presence of a band, stating that women's funerals were not supposed to have bands, he responded, "As you know, the princess mustered an army that helped us overthrow the Sui dynasty. She participated in many battles, and her help was decisive in founding the Tang dynasty. ... She was no ordinary woman."Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The band did indeed play, thus making her the only woman in imperial Chinese history to be honored with a military funeral. After she passed, Niangzi Pass was named in her honor (also known as Lady's Pass, or Young Lady's Pass).
Issue
Princess Pingyang and her husband, Chai Shao, had two sons:
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- Chai Lingwu Script error: No such module "Lang". (died 653), titled Duke of Xiangyang Commandery (襄阳郡公), married Emperor Taizong's daughter Princess Baling (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
Ancestry
Notes
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- ^ While the birth year of the princess was not recorded in historical sources, it is known that she was older than Li Shimin. In vol.197 of Zizhi Tongjian, Li Shimin (by then the emperor) apologized to Princess Changguang for executing Zhao Jie (her son with her first husband Zhao Cijing) and addressed her as "elder sister" (Script error: No such module "Lang".). In vol.83 of Xin Tang Shu, Princess Changguang was listed as Li Yuan's fifth daughter. Thus, Princess Pingyang, as Li Yuan's third daughter, must be older than Li Shimin. It is unclear if Pingyang was older or younger than Li Jiancheng. While historical sources did not indicate when Li Yuan and Lady Dou were wedded, the date should be before Dou Yi's (Lady Dou's father) death on 3 Jan 583. (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Sui Shu, vol.01.
- ^ Vol. 190 of Zizhi Tongjian placed Lady Li's death between the jiayin day (14 March) and the wuwu day (18 March, the date of her funeral) of the 2nd month of the 6th year of the Wu'de era.
- ^ Princess Pingyang of Tang Dynasty
- ^ wuwu day of the 2nd month of the 6th year of the Wu'de era, per vol.190 of Zizhi Tongjian
References
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Peterson, Barbara Bennett (2016). Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-46372-6.
- Old Book of Tang, vol. 58 [1].
- New Book of Tang, vol. 83 [2].
- Zizhi Tongjian, vols. 183, 184, 190.
- New World Encyclopedia contributors (June 1, 2015). Princess Pingyang. New World Encyclopedia, New World Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Princess Pingyang of Tang Dynasty — An Honorable Lady with Exceptional Military Achievement". Retrieved 2023-04-26.[better source needed]
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